false 80369 21 In this brilliant work, the most influential philosopher since Sartre suggests that such vaunted reforms as the abolition of torture and the emergence of the modern penitentiary have merely shifted the focus of punishment from the prisoner's body to his soul. 1946946 book 1976 Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison total:2493|5:1053|4:926|3:408|2:84|1:22| 2493 10383 3710 190 0 4 false false Sat Nov 10 07:43:21 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 10 07:43:21 -0800 2007
I'd like to have read this book, since I'm very interested in the topics it ad...more...]]> 5 5 false false Tue Apr 03 11:54:00 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 03 16:35:10 -0700 2007 Madness and Civilization, the influence of D&P can be seen everywhere from Spielberg's Minority Report to Enemy of the State to Ted Conover's Newjack and most if not all cr...more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Wed Aug 22 16:20:40 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 20:11:56 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 3 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Thu Jan 03 18:40:14 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 22:14:46 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jul 15 23:32:06 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 06 08:48:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Feb 25 12:37:20 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 12:38:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Fri Sep 25 14:45:53 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 14:53:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 14 10:05:25 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 09:23:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Tue Aug 11 22:27:14 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 23:56:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 08:52:37 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 22:35:21 -0700 2009 Discipline and Punish which compelled me to read it. I had gone through some of it in college and thought I'd tackle it again.

And, at the risk of being labeled obtuse, I'm not s...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 31 10:34:55 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 10:43:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Sep 19 04:46:22 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 04:51:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 08 05:16:33 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 14 15:52:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Sep 21 05:32:13 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 12 07:29:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun May 01 00:00:00 -0700 1988 Sat Dec 01 16:29:20 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 01 16:29:52 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 06 12:17:59 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 06 12:20:24 -0800 2007 Perhaps I should finish reading it before I give it my thumbs down. I agree with Ryan . . . not "earth-shattering," though his explanation of the panopticon his helpful. (two stars)

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